Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

If you need help writing programs in Python 3, or want to update older Python 2 code, this book is just the ticket. Packed with practical recipes written and tested with Python 3.3, this unique cookbook is for experienced Python programmers who want to focus on modern tools and idioms.

Inside, youll find complete recipes for more than a dozen topics, covering the core Python language as well as tasks common to a wide variety of application domains. Each recipe contains code samples you can use in your projects right away, along with a discussion about how and why the solution works.

Topics include:

Data Structures and Algorithms

Strings and Text

Numbers, Dates, and Times

Iterators and Generators

Files and I/O

Data Encoding and Processing

Functions

Classes and Objects

Metaprogramming

Modules and Packages

Network and Web Programming

Concurrency

Utility Scripting and System Administration

Testing, Debugging, and Exceptions

C Extensions

Synopsis:

Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. Completely updated for Python 3, the recipes in this book include:

Data structures and algorithms

Strings and text

Dates and times

Metaprogramming

Testing

With scores of practical examples and pertinent background information, the Python Cookbook, 3rd Edition is the one source you need if you're looking to build efficient, flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems.

About the Author

David Beazley is an independent software developer and book author living in the city of Chicago. He primarily works on programming tools, provide custom software development, and teach practical programming courses for software developers, scientists, and engineers. He is best known for his work with the Python programming language, for which he has created several open-source packages (e.g., Swig and PLY) and authored the acclaimed Python Essential Reference. He also has significant experience with systems programming in C, C++, and assembly language.

Brian K. Jones is a system administrator in the department of computer science at Princeton University.

Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. Completely updated for Python 3, the recipes in this book include:

Data structures and algorithms

Strings and text

Dates and times

Metaprogramming

Testing

With scores of practical examples and pertinent background information, the Python Cookbook, 3rd Edition is the one source you need if you're looking to build efficient, flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems.

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